Swachh Bharat Mission celebrates World Toilet Day with nationwide activities

The central part of the day’s celebrations is the Swachh Bharat World Toilet Day Contest 2018 among all districts by organizing grassroots activities involving district, block and panchayat level teams, swachhagrahis and swachhata champions.


Devdiscourse News Desk | Updated: 19-11-2018 15:59 IST | Created: 19-11-2018 11:00 IST
Swachh Bharat Mission celebrates World Toilet Day with nationwide activities
States and districts are working on a competitive mode since 9th November with a range of innovative activities centred around Toilets and Swachhata creating unprecedented momentum in the country which is expected to culminate with mega initiatives tomorrow. (Image Credit: twitter)
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The Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) will celebrate the World Toilet Day with mass awareness and mobilization activities across States and districts.  The focus is on the usage of toilets, which is closely linked to the Prime Minister’s call for a Swachh Bharat by October 2019.

The central part of the day’s celebrations is the Swachh Bharat World Toilet Day Contest 2018 among all districts by organizing grassroots activities involving district, block and panchayat level teams, swachhagrahis and swachhata champions. The objective is to engage with communities and reaffirm the national resolve to a sustain the Sanitation achievement. States and districts are working on a competitive mode since 9th November with a range of innovative activities centred around Toilets and Swachhata creating unprecedented momentum in the country which is expected to culminate with mega initiatives. 

Since the inception of the Swachh Bharat Mission, the rural sanitation coverage of India has increased significantly, from 39% in October 2014 to over 96% today. Over 8.8 crore household toilets have been built by rural Indians. As a result, 25 States/Union Territories, 530 districts, and over 5.2 lakh villages have declared themselves free from open defecation. The number of people practising open defecation in rural India has gone down from 550 million in 2014, to less than 100 million today through the progress made under the Swachh Bharat Mission.

In recognition of the work done by the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen), the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation is receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Toilet Summit in Mumbai. 

(With Inputs from PIB)

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